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Section D — Team Racing Rules

Team races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix.

D4.2

Event Format

  • (a) The notice of race or sailing instructions shall state the format and stages of the event, and any special scoring rules.
  • (b) In order to conclude an event, the race committee may change or terminate any part of the format at any reasonable time taking into account the entries, weather, time constraints and other relevant factors.

Definitions in Context

Committee

The protest committee, the race committee or the technical committee.

Rule
  • (a) The rules in this book, including the Definitions, Race Signals, Introduction, preambles and the rules of relevant appendices, but not the Basic Principles or titles;
  • (b) World Sailing Regulations that have been designated by World Sailing as having the status of a rule and are published on the World Sailing website;
  • (c) the prescriptions of the national authority, unless they are changed by the notice of race or sailing instructions in compliance with the national authority’s prescription, if any, to rule 88.2;
  • (d) the class rules (for a boat racing under a handicap or rating system, the rules of that system are ‘class rules’);
  • (e) the notice of race;
  • (f) the sailing instructions; and
  • (g) any other documents that govern the event.

Rule D4.1

- (a) The format of an event consists of one or more stages. - (b) In a round-robin stage, teams are divided into one or more groups, and each group is schedule...

Rule D4.3

- (a) Teams in a round-robin group shall be ranked in order of number of race wins, highest first. If the teams have not completed an equal number of races, the...

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